www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Granmahttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/granma/?utm_medium=RSS2016-02-22T17:28:26-05:00Cuba sending 9,000 soldiers to fight Zika virus2016-02-22T17:28:26-05:00ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/22/cuba-sending-9000-soldiers-to-fight-zika-virus/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>HAVANA (AP) - Cuban President Raul Castro announced Monday that he is dispatching 9,000 soldiers to help keep the Zika virus out of Cuba, calling on the entire country to fight the mosquito that carries the disease.</p> <p>In a rare front-page message on the state-run newspaper Granma, Castro said Cuba's ...Cuba hikes salaries for doctors, nurses2014-03-21T13:16:16-04:00ANNE-MARIE GARCIAhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/21/cuba-hikes-salaries-for-doctors-nurses/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> HAVANA (AP) - Cuba is giving hundreds of thousands of medical workers raises that in some cases exceed 100 percent, official media on the island announced Friday, though pay remains much lower than what medical professionals earn elsewhere.</p> <p> The Communist Party daily newspaper Granma also reported that Cuba ...Granma newspaper editor leaves Cuba for Miami2014-01-17T18:52:57-05:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/17/granma-newspaper-editor-leaves-cuba-for-miami/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> MIAMI (AP) - A high-ranking editor with the Communist Party newspaper Granma has left Cuba to live in Miami.</p> <p> Aida Calviac Mora told America TeVe (https://bit.ly/1dZ5cbp) Thursday that she arrived in the U.S. through Mexico and plans to stay.</p> <p> The former international news page editor criticized the ...Report: Cuban pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne defects2013-07-02T14:52:56-04:00ASSOCIATED PRESShttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/2/report-cuban-pitcher-odrisamer-despaigne-defects/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>HAVANA (AP) - Cuban pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne has reportedly defected while in Europe with the country's national team.</p><p>Communist Party newspaper Granma says Despaigne abandoned the squad at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport during a layover en route to a baseball tournament in the Netherlands.</p><p>The 26-year-old Despaigne is an eight-year veteran ...Cuba confirms undersea cable carrying data traffic2013-01-24T13:21:53-05:00PETER ORSIhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/24/cuba-confirms-undersea-cable-carrying-data-traffic/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>HAVANA (AP) - Cuba's state telecom monopoly confirmed Thursday that the island's first hard-wired Internet connection to the outside world has been activated, but said it won't lead to an immediate increase in access.</p><p>In a statement published in Communist Party newspaper Granma and other official media, ETECSA broke its long ...Cuba campaign takes on 'free' health care2012-08-25T10:27:16-04:00PETER ORSIhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/25/cuba-campaign-takes-on-free-health-care/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>HAVANA (AP) - Cuba's system of free medical care, long considered a birthright by its citizens and trumpeted as one of the communist government's great successes, is not immune to cutbacks under Raul Castro's drive for efficiency.</p><p>The health sector has already endured millions of dollars in budget cuts and tens ...Cuba charges Spaniard in dissident Paya's death2012-07-31T11:22:25-04:00Peter Orsihttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/31/cuba-charges-spaniard-dissident-payas-death/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>HAVANA (AP) &mdash; Cuba has charged a Spanish citizen with the equivalent of vehicular manslaughter in a car accident that killed prominent dissident Oswaldo Paya and another government opponent, official media said Tuesday.</p> <p>Angel Carromero, who was behind the wheel of the car that was carrying Paya when it crashed ...Buena Vista Social Club guitarist Galban dies2011-07-08T14:54:30-04:00PETER ORSIhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/8/buena-vista-social-club-guitarist-galban-dies/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>HAVANA (AP) - Manuel Galban, a Grammy-winning Cuban guitarist who rose to international fame as a member of the Buena Vista Social Club, has died of a heart attack in Havana. He was 80.</p><p>An article in Communist Party newspaper Granma on Friday noted Galban's passing the previous day and called ...